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Mikhail Vrubel: The Forefather of Russian Avant-Garde
by Neha VashisthaThe Russian painter, sculptor, and draftsman, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel, is acclaimed as the greatest Russian Symbolist painter, who was a pioneer of Modernism with an original vision.
Remembered as the forefather of Russsian avant-garde, Vrubel was born on March 17, 1856, in Omsk, Russia, into the family of a military lawyer. -
Arnold Newman: The Pioneer of Environmental Portraiture
by Neha VashisthaThe American photographer, Arnold Abner Newman, is acclaimed as one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, whose pictures of major cultural figures set a standard for artistic interpretation and stylistic integrity in the postwar age of picture magazines.
Renowned for pioneering and popularizing the environmental portraits, Newman was born on March 3, 1918, in New York, and grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersy and Miami Beach, Florida. -
Eldzier Cortor: The Painter of African-American Beauty
by Neha VashisthaEldzier Cortor is celebrated for his elongated and graceful depictions of the African-American woman, sometimes juxtaposed against scenes of chaos and desolation.
Best known for his study of the black female nude form, Cortor was born on January 10, 1916, in Richmond, Virginia.
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Adolf Von Hildebrand: The Sculptor of Classical Antiquity
by Neha VashisthaAdolf von Hildebrand, is celebrated as one of the first sculptors of the 19th century to insist upon the aesthetic autonomy of sculpture from painting, a doctrine he most effectively promulgated in his famous 1893 essay, “Das Problem der Form”, which helped establish the theoretical foundation for modern sculpture.
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Julio González: The Pioneer of Welded Iron Sculptures
by Gaurav TiwariJulio González i Pellicer, is revered as the father of all iron sculptures in the early 20th century.Born in Barcelona, Spain, on September 21, 1876, González came from a family of metalsmith workers.
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Daphne Odjig: The Aboriginal Modernist Painter
by Neha VashisthaDaphne Odjig, is revered as an internationally renowned artist who brought a tectonic shift in Canadian art history.
A founding member of the 1970s artists' alliance the ‘Indian Group of Seven’, Odjig was born on September 11, 1919, in Wikwemikong, on Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
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KENNETH NOLAND: THE ABSTRACT PAINTER OF BRILLIANTLY COLORED SHAPES
by Neha VashisthaRemoving all the texture, gesture, and emotional content from the painting, the American painter Kenneth Noland's brilliantly colored concentric circles, chevrons, and stripes were among the most recognized and admired signatures of the postwar style of abstraction known as Color Field painting.
Famous for pioneering the shaped canvases, Noland was born on April 10, 1924, Asheville, North Carolina.
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ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON: THE PHOTOGRAPHER OF JAZZ AGE BEAUTIES
by Neha VashisthaGlorifying the Ziegfeld Follies showgirls as well as actors and actresses from the world of stage and film with a large studio camera and glass plate negatives, the New York City-based photographer, Alfred Cheney Johnston, is celebrated as one of the creators of 20th-century glamor photography.
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BRETT WHITELEY: THE EXPRESSIONIST OF AUSTRALIAN AVANT-GARDE
by Neha VashisthaCombining a pop star's persona with that of a visual artist, the Australian artist, Brett Whiteley, is best known for a series of paintings inspired by the British mass murderer John Christie.
Leading artist of Australia's avant-garde movement, Whiteley was born on April 7, 1939, in Sydney, New South Wales, and grew up in Longueville, a quiet suburb on the northern shores of Sydney harbour.
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GUSTAVE MOREAU: THE SYMBOLIST PAINTER OF FRANCE
by Neha VashisthaAesthetically elevating hedonism, depravity, self-indulgence, and a dangerous femme fatale kind of sensuality, the painting “Salome Dancing before Herod” by Gustave Moreau is celebrated as one of the Hammer Museum's better known paintings and one of Moreau's finest works.
A major figure in French Symbolist painting, Moreau was born on April 6, 1826, in Paris, France, at 6 Rue des Saints-Peres.
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JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD: THE ROCOCO GENIUS OF THE ANCIEN RÉGIME
by Neha VashisthaDepicting the risqué scenes with delicate and tender colors, unique brushwork and soft, carefree lighting scheme, the French Rococo painter, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, is best known for his fluid technique, exuberance, spontaneity, and a delicate hedonism.
Celebrated as one of the most prolific painters of the Ancién Regime, Fragonard was born on April 5, 1732, in Grasse, France.
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MAURICE DE VLAMINCK: THE PIONEER OF FAUVISM
by Neha VashisthaEnlivening the unremarkable landscapes and cityscapes, as well as unknown denizens of Parisian nightlife with a liberal application of bright and bold colors, the French painter, Maurice de Vlaminck, is celebrated as one of the creators of the painting style known as Fauvism.
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